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Fiction

gollygee

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1. Well . . . (More spoilers!)

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:40 AM

Jun 2014

The book is about him trying to find redemption for not doing anything, and his overall treatment of his friend, so him being a jerk at this point is necessary for the rest of the book and the overall theme of redemption. But I felt like he wasn't particularly likable at any point, and I didn't find the character of the boy who was raped very believable. I like the author's second book better - A Thousand Splendid Suns.

I did like The Kite Runner but it wasn't my favorite of Hosseini's books.

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I had started listening to THE KITE RUNNER on audiobook. **SPOILERS** [View all] raccoon Jun 2014 OP

Well . . . (More spoilers!) gollygee Jun 2014 #1

The story resonated with me, because when I was a child, closeupready Jun 2014 #2

It is a very intense story. Lex Jun 2014 #3

I thought the book was very good. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #4